thus not a part of the united kingdom or of the european union . this claim was not recognised by the united kingdom . the island is composed of a variety of volcanic and sedimentary rock formations from the devon ##ian period . at that time the scottish land ##mas ##s formed part of the old red sandstone continent and lay some 10 @ - @ 25 degrees south of the equator . the accumulation ##s of old red sandstone , laid down from 40 ##8 to 370 million years ago , were created as earlier si ##lu ##rian rocks , up ##lift ##ed by the formation of pang ##aea , eroded and then were deposited into river delta ##s . the freshwater lake or ##ca ##die existed
thus not a part of the united kingdom or of the european union. this claim was not recognised by the united kingdom. the island is composed of a variety of volcanic and sedimentary rock formations from the devonian period. at that time the scottish landmass formed part of the old red sandstone continent and lay some 10 @ - @ 25 degrees south of the equator. the accumulations of old red sandstone, laid down from 408 to 370 million years ago, were created as earlier silurian rocks, uplifted by the formation of pangaea, eroded and then were deposited into river deltas. the freshwater lake orcadie existed